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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821712503321

Titolo

Jewish choices : American Jewish denominationalism / / Bernard Lazerwitz [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-4384-1023-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 215 pages) : illustrations

Collana

SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990s

Altri autori (Persone)

LazerwitzBernard Melvin <1926->

Disciplina

296.8/3/0973

Soggetti

Judaism - United States

Reform Judaism - United States

Conservative Judaism - United States

Orthodox Judaism - United States

Jews - United States - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""American Jewish Society in the 1990's An Introduction""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""PART: I""; ""Denominations in American Religious Life""; ""A Sociohistorical Overview of American Jewish Denominations""; ""PART: II""; ""A General Description of the Adherents of American Jewish Denominations""; ""The Components and Consequences of Jewish Involvement""; ""Jewish Denominational Switching ""

""Denominational Preferences and Intermarriage"" ""PART: III""; ""A Look Toward the Future""; ""Summation, Conclusions, and Recommendations""; ""Back Matter""; ""Appendix A: Methodology of CJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey""; ""Appendix B: Total Survey Errors and the Comparison of the 1971 and 1990 Surveys""; ""Appendix C: Model Indices Cited in Chapter 4""; ""Appendix D: Computation of the Projections in Chapter 7, Table 7.2""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Subject Index""; ""Name Index""; ""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

Illustrates how and why Jewish denominational preferences are more a



matter of individual choice than family heritage.